I WISH to add comment on last week’s letter in the Echo regarding parking and traffic problems at the crematorium.

Due to the changes in the traffic flow policy at the crematorium this is what I now have to endure.

I am a Loughborough born person, but now after I have driven 15 miles to visit my three family plots, I now have to carry all of the flowers (six bunches), a bucket (with my cleaning items etc), my watering can/carrier, my handbag & umbrella some 200 yards.

I always bring my own water as last year there was often none available at the cemetery. (I had to beg some from a stonemason) I am now unable to park near to my family’s plot which is located at the top of the cemetery next to Epinal Way.

Also, many people walk through the cemetery on the footpath. There is nothing wrong with this.

However, as a woman visiting on my own, I was previously able to seek refuge in my car if I felt unsafe. Now I will have to be like Usain Bolt if I feel threatened.

After the first traffic exclusion exercise I was still able to park half way along what was then an exit road to Epinal Way.

However I now find bollards blocking access to that road. Even though the road markings send you to the non exit!

What do the elderly, infirm and disabled do now to gain access to their loved ones? Can mobility scooters navigate through this obstacle?

Many people may be forced to visit only at weekends when the bollards are reportedly lowered. I had to reverse back avoiding oncoming cars who, like me, thought they could still park along the road. It was shambolic.

There are no warning signage of changes to the traffic flow. How can the small car park cope with crematorium visitors as well as the many people trying to attend to family plots? It can not!

What will strangers to our area think when confronted with this misleading signage.? To top it all, when I was leaving the site there was a double-decker bus parked on the roundabout!

It is distressing enough to visit, let alone having to put up with this hassle. It is as though the council does not want people to visit the cemetery.

The way the cemetery is being managed needs to be looked into urgently. I totally agree with the letter of 27th April. Something better must be done.

People of Loughborough have your say on how you wish your cemetery to be accessible to all.

Say what it is not acceptable.Voice the problems that you are encountering.

The powers that be need to make more provision for crematorium users parking without impacting on the existing cemetary users. Maybe the undertakers could be also parking attendants! The crematorium is a private enterprise after all.